RANTING/VENTING MEGATHREAD 3.0

First afterschool class of the semester today.  I take my pc, but there is already a computer in the room.  I tell students to wait while I go get my usb and return my pc to the teachers' room. 

I return.  The pc does not work.  A teacher comes to tell me that it doesn't work in that room.  She finds me another room for the class.

I don't know if the teacher who assigned me to the first room knew about the computer not working. I can get things straightened out on Monday.

As long as I've been here, things like this shouldn't bother me.  But they still do.

Yeah Korean door etiquette is f*cking shocking, slam the doors on the people behind for no apparent reason. How hard is it to hold it open as you walk through?  Definitely with you on this one Fritz

Koreans haven’t yet reached that evolutionary stage.

You left a fan on at night?
haha. that's true

to me this whole non-incident is totally korean

if this happened in england it would go

"you left the fan on last night btw, dickhead"
"ah. sorry. didn't know, you ballbag"
"it's ok, fookwit"

a few days ago i was "scolded" for not "tidying up" the classroom at the end of the day. turns out, there was a single pencil on the floor. this was a big deal for the teacher who used the classroom the next morning. who the hell cares? do these people have nothing more important to get bothered by?

Fixed it for authenticity.

It's a completely Korean non-event.  If you spend enough time with Koreans, you realise that it is exactly how they speak to each other about the smallest non-events.  To me, it is really abrasive and I'd never imagine picking up someone on something like that, but then again that's the culture.   A couple of Christmases ago, on Christmas Eve in my sister's house, someone left a gap in the snake house.  So it escaped into the living room.  After fifteen minutes we found it, without anyone being bollocked.  Could you imagine how that would go down in a Korean house?

it's true. i was trying to explain cultural stuff like this to a friend from the uk. he finally came to visit and before he left he did say "yeah...i get it now".

anyway, i figured it out. i met/was confronted by the woman who complained at the end of the day, turns out she's just an utter bitch. she was complaining again, this time that a single chair wasn't tucked in 1cm more, about non-existent dust on the floor, accusing me of changing the layout of the classroom (i didn't), yadda yadda.

well, i will out-petty her this year. being petty is what i do best ;)

well, i will out-petty her this year. being petty is what i do best ;)

Create a log out of this for us to enjoy. You might be able to make a book out of it someday.

It's that time of year again.

i must have accidentally left a fan on low setting after i left the classroom last night.

there was just a 4 teacher meeting with the principal and the korean teacher who i teach with in my after school program to find out what happened. now i am, apparently, in "big trouble". err sorry guys, i'll pay the 50won electricity fee if that's what the problem is 

You left a fan on at night?

You could've killed someone!

haha. that's true

to me this whole non-incident is totally korean

if this happened in england it would go

"you left the fan on last night btw"
"ah. sorry. didn't know"
"it's ok"

or, even more likely, it wouldn't have even come up.

a few days ago i was "scolded" for not "tidying up" the classroom at the end of the day. turns out, there was a single pencil on the floor. this was a big deal for the teacher who used the classroom the next morning. who the hell cares? do these people have nothing more important to get bothered by?

Damn, that's crazy. Whenever I try to clean the classroom after my class. I always just get told: "Oh, you don't have to worry about that."

You left a fan on at night?
haha. that's true

to me this whole non-incident is totally korean

if this happened in england it would go

"you left the fan on last night btw, dickhead"
"ah. sorry. didn't know, you ballbag"
"it's ok, fookwit"

a few days ago i was "scolded" for not "tidying up" the classroom at the end of the day. turns out, there was a single pencil on the floor. this was a big deal for the teacher who used the classroom the next morning. who the hell cares? do these people have nothing more important to get bothered by?

Fixed it for authenticity.

It's a completely Korean non-event.  If you spend enough time with Koreans, you realise that it is exactly how they speak to each other about the smallest non-events.  To me, it is really abrasive and I'd never imagine picking up someone on something like that, but then again that's the culture.   A couple of Christmases ago, on Christmas Eve in my sister's house, someone left a gap in the snake house.  So it escaped into the living room.  After fifteen minutes we found it, without anyone being bollocked.  Could you imagine how that would go down in a Korean house?

it's true. i was trying to explain cultural stuff like this to a friend from the uk. he finally came to visit and before he left he did say "yeah...i get it now".

anyway, i figured it out. i met/was confronted by the woman who complained at the end of the day, turns out she's just an utter bitch. she was complaining again, this time that a single chair wasn't tucked in 1cm more, about non-existent dust on the floor, accusing me of changing the layout of the classroom (i didn't), yadda yadda.

well, i will out-petty her this year. being petty is what i do best ;)

Go to Daiso. Buy a fake spider. Leave it on her chair.

she's some admin woman, not even a teacher who teaches in the same class. so i really don't get what her beef is. just a classic jobsworth

I think I'd end up leaving a pencil in different places around the classroom. Stick a smiley face on it, too.

Superglue a 500 Won coin to the floor.

Cut her handbrake cable.

Leave a note on her desk.

아무도 너를 좋아하지 않아, 그들은 너를 그냥 용납해.

Cut her handbrake cable.

That escalated.

Cut her handbrake cable.

That escalated.

Yeah, that really wouldn't be an appropriate thing to do to somebody's brake lines.

Cut her handbrake cable.

That escalated.

Yeah, that really wouldn't be an appropriate thing to do to somebody's brake lines.

Cut her handbrake cable.

That escalated.

Yeah, that really wouldn't be an appropriate thing to do to somebody's brake lines.

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That still doesn't justify your suggestion of removing her oil drain plug.

it's true. i was trying to explain cultural stuff like this to a friend from the uk. he finally came to visit and before he left he did say "yeah...i get it now".

anyway, i figured it out. i met/was confronted by the woman who complained at the end of the day, turns out she's just an utter bitch. she was complaining again, this time that a single chair wasn't tucked in 1cm more, about non-existent dust on the floor, accusing me of changing the layout of the classroom (i didn't), yadda yadda.

well, i will out-petty her this year. being petty is what i do best ;)

'glitter class' for your final lesson 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3up0BqyKvi8

Co-Teachers: Why weren't you at the curling event in the gym today?

Me: Nobody told me?

*Sigh*

Co-Teachers: Why weren't you at the curling event in the gym today?

Me: Nobody told me?

*Sigh*

Ugh. This happened a few months ago.

I go into the lunch room and there are 12 paintings along the wall. All portraits.

  (Spec ed teacher) Kevin, do you know which one I am?

  Yeah, that's you.

  Yeah. I painted it. Tell us who the other ones are!

  Alright, that's X, that one is Y, that's................Q?

  Yeah, very good.

  Thanks. haha. You painted all of these? They're pretty good.

  No............. all of us painted ourselves. (which would explain the vast discrepancy in art styles amongst the paintings haha) We all met last week after lunch in the extra classroom and had a self portrait lesson. You didn't come............... ......

  Self portrait lesson? 

  Oh................. ................

  NO ONE BLOODY TELLS ME ANYTHING.

 

Co-Teachers: Why weren't you at the curling event in the gym today?

Me: Nobody told me?

*Sigh*

Ugh. This happened a few months ago.

I go into the lunch room and there are 12 paintings along the wall. All portraits.

  (Spec ed teacher) Kevin, do you know which one I am?

  Yeah, that's you.

  Yeah. I painted it. Tell us who the other ones are!

  Alright, that's X, that one is Y, that's................Q?

  Yeah, very good.

  Thanks. haha. You painted all of these? They're pretty good.

  No............. all of us painted ourselves. (which would explain the vast discrepancy in art styles amongst the paintings haha) We all met last week after lunch in the extra classroom and had a self portrait lesson. You didn't come............... ......

  Self portrait lesson? 

  Oh................. ................

  NO ONE BLOODY TELLS ME ANYTHING.

It sure is nice to feel included. ESPECIALLY when it's not something English related...